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Shelagh Fogarty: 14/01/2013

14/01/2013

BBC Radio 5 Live - Shelagh Fogarty, 14/01/2013

Sports team discussion; plus pension reform, Europe and energy bills.

Shelagh Fogarty chats to Didi Hamann, Jody Cundy and Pamela Cookey about the weekend's sporting action. Plus pension reform; Britain's place in Europe; and higher energy bills.

Shelagh Fogarty with the day's news and sport. The sports team digest a weekend of sporting action, including the talking points from the Premier League football fixtures, and discuss topics including Paralympic athletics, Rory McIlroy, Lance Armstrong & international netball. With Dietmarr Hamann, Jody Cundy & England netball captain Pamela Cookey.

As ministers prepare to announce a major shake-up of pensions, with plans for a new, simpler flat-rate state pension system, who stands to benefit & who might miss out as a result of the reforms? An independent pensions expert takes questions from 5 live listeners about the changes.

Plus the mother of a teenage boy with cerebral palsy who was awarded a multi-million pound payout after being brain damaged at birth talks about her long battle for compensation; Britain lends its support to the French action against Islamist militants in the African state of Mali; and UK energy consumers face the prospect of higher bills over claims of poorly negotiated contracts for offshore wind energy.

And should Britain's membership of the European Union be put to a referendum? Cab drivers & City workers give their reaction to the Prime Minister's announcement that it's in Britain's interests to remain in the EU - even though he's in favour of a change to the current relationship.

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